Azerbaijan in top 3 in WEF's Inclusive Development Index
However, India's position lies even below other neighboring countries like Nepal (22), Bangladesh (34) and Sri Lanka (40). For the region's emerging markets, the highest placed is Malaysia on 13 out of 74 economies, followed by Thailand on 17.

Tokyo Holds Evacuation Drill, Simulates N.Korea Missile Attack
As the volunteers took cover, handfuls of protesters demonstrated against what they say is a war game likely to inflame tensions. The isolated country has flown missiles over Japan and into the sea near Japan, as part of its missile testing program.

Turkish Military Extends anti-Terror Afrin Operation to Azaz
Turkish airstrikes and shelling over the weekend struck more than 150 targets in the operation dubbed " Olive Branch " by Turkey . They control almost 25 percent of Syrian territory dubbed Rojava that includes the three "cantons" of Afrin, Kobani and Jazira.

Former England captain Jimmy Armfield dies aged 82
In 2010, he was awarded a CBE and was one of the first players inducted into Blackpool's Hall of Fame in 2006. He made a club record 627 appearances for Blackpool, with the Seasiders confirming today's news.

US Democrats accept compromise to end government shutdown

It took an agreement between moderate senators, such as Republican Lindsay Graham and Democrat Dick Durbin, with Senate leaders to get the continuing resolution passed.

"Let's step back from the brink", McConnell said. An email sent to a White House aide Monday seeking comment on the Senate vote was returned with an automatic out-of-office reply.

While Flake characterized McConnell's effort as a "pretty high profile promise", and some Democrats said that they felt additionally encouraged Monday, it was far from certain that a solution would come Monday.

It is still unclear what the agreement includes.

"If we've learned anything during this process, it's that a strategy to shut down the government over the issue of illegal immigration is something the American people didn't understand and would not have understood in the future", Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said shortly before the vote. "Some of us struggle to trust him", Sen. Lindsey Graham of SC told reporters, appearing alongside GOP Sens.

Essential federal services and military activity are continuing, but even active-duty troops will not be paid until a deal is reached to reopen the U.S. government.

Democrats have refused to go along with the temporary federal funding request unless it addresses DACA in part because they fear Republican leaders will not act to protect the "Dreamers" before March when deportations are set to begin.

Lawmakers are at odds over a range of defense spending and immigration issues, including a legislative fix for almost 800,000 undocumented young people brought to the U.S.as children.

Three days into a government shutdown, Trump had yet to make a public appearance, although he had issued a number of tweets accusing Democrats of prioritizing non-U.S. citizens over citizens.

Representatives from those talks briefed leaders in the afternoon, but the suspense dragged out for almost six hours before McConnell made his announcement.